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It's encouraging to see industry moving away from a purely defensive pos$rc of only responding to environmentalists' attacks. Two recent developments show our team can effectively go on the offensive, block preservationist initiatives and correct public misconceptions.
A number of associations within the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association are distributing "Lumber Grows On Trees," a booklet developed by Northwestern Lumber Association manager Gary Smith. Its 20 pages set out industry positions on clearcutting, the Endangered Species Act, the greenhouse effect, lobbying, log exports, old growth, recycling, reforestation, substitutes for wood and "below cost''timber sales.
Retailers don't manage the forest, but they're the players on the front line getting customers' questions on controversial subjects. Questions range from polite to harsh and hostile. Anyone connected with wood products should get this booklet !o help in responding inrelligently to these kinds of questions. Just contact your local hmber association.
Research about public attitudes on wood's environmental qualities has recently been done by
the poduoers grup, the Western Wood Products Association, assisted by NLBMDA, Oe retail organization. It fudicttes usen of wood poducts are increasingly concerned about their product selection decisions and the subsequent effeos of those decisions on the environment. Wisely, WWPA imnediately set in motim a program to counterattack misconceptions and ten of wood's environmental berefis.
"This program is unigue," said Bob Petow, director of mrketing for WWPA. "It represents the first time the industry has emphasized the environnentally positive benefis of wood products !o persons in tbe marketrlace. For the most part, forest industry programs have focused on 'forest resource management' and have primrily targeted the legislative p(rcess. This program complements those efforts by targeting product users and those who inlluence material selection decisions." Included will be scientific studies showing wood's demonstrable superiority over steel, plastic and aluminum in specific applications.
We c.heer the efforts of these two qganizatiols and urge others !o join the game. It lmks like, finally, our team is beginning to score.
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GTELLING wood panels is not an \Jleasy job. Dozens of varieties, including plywood, oriented strand board and composite panels, plus many do-it-yourself customers who need help in making the right selection can baffle an inexperienced salesperson.
Proper training helps to avoid unhappy customers and returns. A salesperson should be able to identify the different panels and help his customer to buy the right one.
A training program customized for the products sold and the knowledge level of employees will help them to understand the unique characteristics of each panel. With proper instruction, they will master basics and understand panel selection, suitability for interior or exterior use, the need for sanded or unsanded surfaces, and appearance.
Because they recognize the value of knowledgeable employees, wood product manufacturers and trade associations offer a number of tools to help a rerailer develop a Eaining program including videos, training and product literature and correspondence courses.
With these tools and rhe help of trade representatives, a retailer can hold seminars and classes or provide materials for self-paced study. Recognition of employee accomplishments with an achievement award can be an incentive for employees.
Balanced training includes products needed to complete a project using panels, such as nails and finishes, and proper installation techniques. By taking a few minutes to explain recommended spacing and nailing for various applications, the salesperson can eliminate the time and expense of compliaints.
Any training tool is more effective if it is followed by discussion and practice. Training managers have found that they can hold the interest and attention of the trainees with a mix of video, self-paced study and live presentations.
Training d@sn't end with a class. The alert employee studies manufacturers' literature and products and continues to ask questions and learn.
Ways to tEach staff how to do a botter job of selling panels ... rssourcss for materials.
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Edwin L. Underwood Westem Region Mgr. (2t4)348-0643
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Flortda Fred J. Ganivet (305) 559-4711
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A-A: sanded plywood panel witb A-grade face and back plies and D-grade inner plies, bonded with interior or exerior glue.
A-A Exterlor: exterior-type sanded plywood panel witb A-grade face and back plies, C-grade inner plies, bonded witb exterior glue. Exterior or high moisture applications.
A-B: sanded plywood panel witb A-grade face, B-grade back Dgrade inner plies, bonded with interior or exterior glue.
A-B Exterlor: sanded plywood panel with A-grade face, B-grade back, C-grade inner plies, bonded with exterior glue.
A-C Exterior: sanded plywood panel, A-grade face, C-grade back and C-grade inner plies, bonded witb exlerior glue. High moisture applications where appearance of only one side is important.
A-D: sanded plywood panel, A-grade face, D-grade back, Dgrade inner plies, bonded with interior or exterior glues, interior or protected applications where appearance of only one side is important.
APA Performance Rated Panels: panel products (Rated Sheatbing, Rated Sturd-I-Floor and Rated Siding) designed and manufactured to meet performance criteria for specific end-use applications. (see related storY P. l3)
Backstamp: approved agency mark on back of panel.
B-B: sanded plywood panel, B-grade face and back, D-grade inner plies, bonded with interior or exterior glue. Interior or protected utility uses.
B-B Exterior: sanded plywood panel, B-grade face and back, Cgrade inner plies, bonded witb exterior glue. Utility uses.
B-B Plyform: concrete fomt grade.
B-C Exterlor: plywood panel with sanded B-grade face, C-grade back, C-grade inner plies, bonded with exterior glue. Utility uses.
B-D: plywood panel with sanded B-grade face, D-grade back, Dgrade inner plies, interior or exterior glue. Utility uses.
Brushed: siding surface trea0nent.
Structural wood panel product terminology information about APA Performance Rated Panels, plywood siding, sanded grades, composite panels and grading.
Bundle: unit or stack of wood panels banded for shipment.
C-C Plugged Exterior: touch-sanded plywood panel witb CPlugged-grade face, C-grade back and inner plies, bonded with exterior glue. For severe moisture conditions.
C-D Plugged: toucb sanded plywood panel witb C-Plugged-grade face, D-grade back and inner plies, interior or exterior glue. lndoor. outdoor use.
Center: inner ply or plies of a plywood panel wboce grain runs parallel with that of face ud brck plies. Conpcle Panel
Chrnnel Groove: a siding texture.
Com-Ply@: APA composite panel tradename.
Compclte Panel: veneerfaced panel, reconstioted wood core.
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Core: in conventional plywood, inner plies with grain running perpendicular to tbat of the outer plies. In composite pan- CdB els, a layer of reconstituted wood.
Core Gap: open veneer joint extending through or partially through a plywood panel.
Crossband: veneer layers with grain direction perpendicuLr to that of the frce plies.
Decoratlve Panel: plywood panel grade with rough sawn, brushe4 grooved or striated face.
Delamlnation: separation between plies or wirhin reconstituted wood due to adhesive failure.
Edge Vold: a gap in panel edge.
Embossed: textured panel surface treafilenl
Exposure Durabllity Classlllcatton: indicates use and durability, Exterior (waterproof), Exposure I (waterp,roof, but not a substiurte for exterior), Exposure 2 (protected) or Interior.
Exterior Glue: a 100% waterproof adhesive used to bond all Exterior, Exposure I and most Interior panels.
Exterlor Type: plywood manufacurred for pemraneot outdoor or marine use.
Face: highesrgrade side of any veneer-faced panel with outer plies of different veneer grades or either side of a panel witb outcr plies of same grade.
Face Graln: direction of grain of ouler ply of a veneer-faced panel in relation to its supports.
Flre-Retardant-Treated (FRT): chemical treatment of wood and plywood to retad combustion.
Gluellne: adhesive joint formed between veneers in a plywood panel or between face veneers and core in a composite panel.
Groove: textured plywood surfrce treatment.
Group Number: a classification of I to 5 rcccding to strenttb and stiffness of the species used to manufacurre plywood.
Hlgh Denslty Overlay (HDO): Exterior-type plywood witb a resin-impregnated fiber overlay.
all plies of a plywood panel except face and back.
Jolnted Core: core veneer has edges machined square.
Knothole: void produced when a knot drops out of veneer.
Layer: one or more adjacent plies having wood grain in same direction.
Lay-Up: stacking of veneers or reconstituted wood layers in complete panel "press loads" after gluing and before pressing a skuctural wood panel.
Lumber Core: plywood manufactured with a core of lumber strips.
Marlne Grade: plywood panels meeting marine use criteria.
Medlum Denslty Overlay (MDO): Exterior plywood with an opaque resin-treated fiber overlay.
Noncprtifled: not covered by product or performance standards.
Open Defects: irregularities in veneer.
Orlented Strand Board (OSB): shuctural wood panels manufactured from reconstituted, mechanically oriented wood strands bonded with resins under heat and pressure.
Overlald Plywood: faclory-applied, resin-treated fiber faces on one or both sides.
P & TS: plugged and touch-sanded face of a plywood or composite panel.
Peeler Log: softwood log used to produce veneers.
Performance Standard: APA perfomrance criteria.
Plastlc Overlay: see Medium Density Overlay and High Density Overlay.
Plug: see Repairs.
Plugged Core: inner ply construction of solid CPlugged-grade veneer preces.
Plugged Crossbands
Under Face (PCUF): a sanded panel for underlayment.
Ply: a single veneer in a panel.
Plyron: plywood panel manufactured with a hardboard face.
Preflnlshed: a ready-touse panel with factoryapplied finish.
Preprlmed: panel with factory-applied primer or undercoat.
Product Standard: industry product manufacturing or performance spcification.
Racking Resistance: ability to resist forces in the panel's plane lending to distort its rectangular shape.
Repairs: patch, plug or shim in veneer.
Revetse Board and Batten: siding surface treatment.
Rough Sawn: decorative siding treatment.
Sanded Panels: factory-sanded Interior or Exterior plywood panels.
Sandwlch Panel: panel with high strength plywood faces (skins) attached to both sides of low density core materials such
Sandwich Panel as plastic foam or honeycomb paper fillers.
ScarfJoint: angled or beveledjoint in plywood splicing pieces together.
Shop Cuttlng Panel: panel not meeting Product Standard grade requirements.
Stitching: temporarily sewing thin strips of veneer into sheets before laminating into panels.
Stressed.Skln Panel: engineered sEuctural panel assembly. For roof deck or floor applications.
Structural I: unsanded grade for use where shear and cross panel strength is of maximum importance.
Telegraphlng: grain or defects show through on a smooth overlaid plywood panel surface.
Texture 1-11: APA special rated siding panel hadename.
Textured Plywood: machined textured surface.
Touch-Sanded Panels: sftuctural wood panels sized to uniform thickness by light surface sanding during manufacture.
Underlayment Grade: PSI designated, touch-sanded Interior panels designed as a base for finish flooring.
Unsanded Panels: Interior or Exterior sheathing grade panels for utility applications.
Veneer Grade: a thin sheet of wood laminated with others under heat and pressure to form plywood or used for faces of composite panels. Also called ply.
Veneer Grade: standard grade designation of softwood veneer used in panel manufacture.
Vold: See Core Gap.
Waferboard: manufactured from reconstituted wood wafers.
Wood Foundation: a residential and light frame foundation system utilizing pressure treated plywood panels and wood framing. Courmonly known as the Pemranent Wood Foundation (PWF).
Source: APA Panel Handbook & Grade Glossam - Editor.
AIL your panel sales down with the correct fastener recommendations and you will have a happy customer.
In general, recommend 6d (3") and 8d (4") common and box nails for most subfloor, wall and roof sheathing applications. Panel thickness detemrines the size with 6d suggested for panel thiclnesses ll2" or thinner and 8d for thicker.
APA Rated Sturd-I-Floor, however, uses 6d ring or screw-sbank nails for glue-nailed fastening of panels 19132" and 23132" thick and 8d ring or screw-shank nails when panels ue 718" or l-3132" thick. Common nails in 8d size may be substituted for the 6d ring or screw-shank or 10d for 8d ring or screw-shank with 1-l/8" panels. The same recommendations apply for Sturd-I-Floor that is nailed only, but common nails may not be substituted.
6d and 8d conmon nails should be sold for use with APA Panel Subflooring with the smaller size being used when panel Oickness is ll2" or thinner.
APA Plywood Underlayment
1/4" thick applied over smooth subfloor or lll32" thick over a lumber
subfloor or uneven surface requires 3d x 1-l/4" ring-shank nails with a minimum l2-ll2 gauge sbank diameter. If underlayment panels are 1982" b 314" thiclq 4d x l-l/2" ringshank nails, minimum l2-ll2 gauge shank diameter are necessary.
APA Rated Siding, either panel or lap, applied directly !o studs or over nonstructural sheathing needs nonstaining box, siding or casing nails. Hot dipped u hot-tumbled galvanized steel nails are re@mmended for most siding applications. Stainless steel nails or aluminum nails provide Oe best performance. APA tests also show that electrically or mechanically galvanized steel nails appear satisfactory wben plating meets or exceeds thickness requirements of ASTM A64l Class 2 coatings and is further protected by yellow chromate coating.
Size should be 6d for siding 1/2" or less and 8d for thicker siding.
Recommendations for APA Rated Siding over nailable sheathing including APA 303 Siding are the same.
Galvanized fasteners should be avoided since they may react under wet conditions with the natural extractives of some wood species and
Cause stnining. Staining is minimiztd when siding is fmished or when a roof overbang protecB it fr,m direct exposure to moisore and weatbering.
Comnon, smoo0, annular, spiraltbr€aded or galvanized box naits;n 36 size are recommended for all APA Panel VYall Sheathing. (This was recently changed from 6d c 8d.)
Recommended fastening for APA Panel Roof Sheathing specifies 8d cornmon smooth or deformed shank nails for 5/16" and l" thidoess and 8d ring or screw-shank or l(H crxlrnxrn smooth shank nails for l-l8" parels.
Plywood rmf decks under specid coatings use 6d cornmon smoolh or ring or screw-shank nails for ll8.2 and l5l32 thiclnesses with 6d ring or screw-shank for l9B2 and23B2 thicknesses. An 8d ring or screwshank is recommended for 7l8" thickness. Deforned shank nails may be used for qrved surfaces.
APA Peneb fm a cloced soffit a a nonstructural ceiling use require 6d nonstaining box or casing nails for lll32" nd l5l32 Oickness and 8d nonstaining box or casing type for l9B2 thiclness.
Interior paneling rcquires casing a finishing nails with 4d suitable for 114", 6d for 5/16" md lll32'-ll2', and 8d fu 19132"-314" md Texune l11.
Ways to improve panel sales by recommending the correct nails American Plywood Associatlon speclticatlons for speclfrc appl icatlons.
A salespenon's rEcomm€ndations for nailing migbt include tbe caution that predrilling is occasbnally n€cessary when nqil5 6ust be very close to panel edges. Suggest seleaing a drill bit of slightly smaller 6ismeter than the nail to be used when doing tbe job. Remember to ask if the customer needs o add tbe correct size drill bit !o his purcbase.
Nails for most panel ap'plications are normally spaced about 6 inches aparl Closer spacing is nee&d only when thin panels, which might otherwise buckle slightly between nails, are being used.
The term confuses many. Some panel products developed by the American Plywood Association are designed and manufactured to me€t perfomrance criteria for specific end-use applications. These include APA Rated Sheathing, Sturd-I-Floor and Siding. Performance rated panels can be manufactured as conventional plywood, composites of nonveneer panels (OSB and waferboard).
The large numbers on the trademark's left side indicate span rating or mrximum recommended spacing of supports. Trademarks on sheathing carry two numbers separated by a slash, such as 32116 or 481U. The number on the left is the maximum recommended center-to-center spacing of supports in inches when the panel is used for roof sheathing with the long dimension across three or more supports. (Centerto-center and on center refer to the distance between the centers of framing members.)
The number on the right gives recommended spacing when the panel is used for subflooring with the long dimension of the panel across three or more supports. For example, a panel marked 32116 my be used for roof sheafting over supports 32" on center or for subflooring over supports 16" on center. For the greatest strength and stiffness in most applications, the long dimension must
run perpendicular to or across supports.
Although sheathing rated for roofs and floors can be used on walls, the rating has no spans for this application. Any sheathing panel with a roof span rating of 24 or more czln be used vertically or horizontally over studs tp Io 24" on center. Lower ratings can be used over studs up to 16" on center.
APA Rated Sturd-I-Floor panel trademarks have a single measurement - 16, 20, 24, 32 or 48 O.C.specifying residential or other light frame single floor (combined subfl oor-underlayment) applications. These span ratings indicate the spacing of supports needed when the panel is applied with the long panel dimension across three or more supports.
APA Rated Sidings have a 16" or 24" span rating indicating the maximum recommended center-to-center spacing of studs for vertical application over nonstructural wall sheathing (fiberboard, gypsum or rigid foam insulation) or direct to framing. Since walls don't support the same loads as floors and roofs, they are an exception to installing with long dimension perpendicular to supports. They rny be applied horizontally to studs 16" or 24" O.C. regardless of span rating if joints are backed with lumber blocking. For rated siding applied over nailable structural panels or lumber sheathing, the span rating refers to spacing of vertical rows of nails.
How to read the numbers on panel tradEmarks ... significance of performance ratings.
Span ratings are based on stifftress and strength and vary with thickpss, panel composition and configuration. The same span rating may appear on panels of different thiclnesses or panels of the same thickness may have different span ratings. For instance, 2410 can appear on both 3/8" and 112". The Il2" may be plywood with face and back plies of a species with less stiffuess than the 38". Similarly 3/8" sheathing may be rated 16/0, 2010 or 2410 dependrng on its srength and stiffuess.
This anicle is based on informabn in the Anerican Plywood Association Panel Basics Correspondence Course - Editor.
prices escalating, competition gecing stiffer and customers demanding better seryice, building products retailers are being forced to carefully evaluate the efficiency of all aspects of their businesses.
Greater attention is being paid to operational and material handling inefficiencies caused by the way a yard and its storage facilities are designed and fimction. These inefficiencies can include poor traffic flow, inadequate storage space or a lack of weather protection for some materi. als. Illogically organized and difficult to reach materials, storage which requires unnecessary or excessive material handling and a lack of self-service access for customers are not unconrmon.
Addressing these problems, many innovative building Product retailers are remodeling or constructing new facilities configured as drive-through yards. A drivethrough facility is one which allows customers to drive their trucks or cars down the aisle of a warehouse within close ProximitY of the products they need. They are able to quickly load the materials themselves or have them loaded for them. The "ease of use" of these facilities, coupled with the neat, organized manner in which they merchandise building Products, helps increase business from d-i-y and retail customers, Travis Darnell, Sunbelt Material Handling Co., Atlanta, Ga., maintains.
A typical drive-through building configuration is a rectangular warehouse, with aisles cuuing througlt it along the long axis, he exPlains. The acu:al size can vary depending on the site and a yard's requirements. The building should have a clear ceiling height of at least 18 feet" with 20 feet or more preferable. The aisles can vary in width depending on the size of the materials being stored, but for dimensional lumber at least 20 feet must be allowed with 24 feet preferable. Doors should be as wide as the aisles. Overall, the structure should be easy to ent€r and exiL
A typical facility would have products well organized and accessible, with efficient utilization of space, continues Darnell, who is a storage system designer. To make the most of the cubic space in the warehouse, steel storage racks are utilized. These
racks, along with a high ceiling, allow a lumber yard to store "up" instead of "out." This means that a smaller building can be built, and less real estate utilized to stor€ a given amount of material. Often, he maintains, racks can pay for themselves througb construction and real estate savings. Mezzanines, either free-standing or supported by the racks, can add more
feet to support the rafters or trusses. Tbese buildings can be engineered for virtually any loads or seisnic r€quirements. As an added advantage, Damell notes, racks can generally be depreciated as equipment, even though they form prt of the structue. If a building products dealer is considering remodeling m building a new facility utilizing the drivethrough concept, he can turo to several places for planning assistance. The obvious choice would be an architect in his rea, bowerrcr they often have licle undentanding of a lumber yard's requiremens. The planning department in his buying group is a better place to start. Anotber source is an independent planner or cqnultant specializing in yard design.
A dealer can also wort directly with a storage system srryplior specializing in serving the building products industry. Drive-through lumber yards are often designed around the racks. A building's form follows its function, so a racking supplier with howledge of the industry can offer useful design suggestions for tbe structure. He can evaluate Oe advantages of a rack supported building as well as fumish and install the actual rack systems.
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Rack systems also minimize unnecessary labor and material handling, thus increasing labor efficiency and reducing man hours, Darnell adds. Since lift trucks can load most racks, hand storage of most bulky and heavy materials is eliminated. With materials more accessible and better organized less time is spent straightening and cleaning up, orders can be pulled faster and more customers can help themselves.
In many building designs, steel racks can be used to economically support the roof and/or walls. In this type of construction, racks which would have been in the building anyway are merely extended up a few
For most building material retailers, the drive-througb lumber yard concept is worth considering. Even though it rcquires a substantial investment, designed propedy, it can more than pay for itself through increased business and reduoed operating coss.
How a drive-through lumber yard can improve efficlency, increase business, reduce operating costs, pay br ltself design sourlces building options.
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Handlins, storase & Delivery
Building Products Digest and its sister publication Zie Merchant Magazine are co-sponsors for the Material Handling, Storage & Delivery Show which will share space in the Dallas Convention Center with the Home Center Show's Building, Remodeling & Decor Products Expo Feb. 13-15. This show-withina-show will address the equipment selection needs of lumber and building product dealers attending the show. "Dealer members on the show advisory board argued very persuasively for the addition of this new material handling, storage and delivery equipment show," said John Berry, vice president and director of the Trade Show Division of show producer Vance Publishing. "For the past 18 years, the Home Center Show has been limited to the exhibition only of products and services suitable for resale to retail customers."
The addition of the equipment event is in keeping with the new focus and name for the show. More emphasis will be placed on retail dealers' increased interest in serving the needs of professional builder and remodeler customers in addition to do-it-yourself customers.
The Material Handling, Slorage & Delivery Show will include exhibits of forklifts, industrial saws and tools, wood waste recycling systems, strapping and banding equipment, delivery truck boom and crane systems, floor trucks, yard/warehouse racking and shelving and computer software relating to yard and store operation.
Information on attending the show is available from (8OO) &2-7469 or for exhibiting, (800) 545-5859.
Georgia-Pacific Corp., Atlanta Ga., has purchased for an undisclosed amount Fibreboard Technologies Corp.'s engineered lumber manufacturing facility in Roxboro, N.C. Closed since July 1991, the plant should be fully operational by late spring or early summer 1994, following several million dollars in plant modifications and upgrades to equipment. The plant will resume production of Arrowood engineered composite structural lumber, though likely will drop the Arrowood name, according to Georgia-Pacific.
Currently, G-P's limited engineered wood product involvement is a residential beam and floor joist plant in Ocala, Fl. The Roxboro facility's annual manufacturing capacity of 25 million linear ft. is five times that of the Ocalaplant.
After the sale, parent Fibreboard Corp., Standard, Ca., dissolved Fibreboard Technologies, the subsidiary it created when it acquired the Arrowood plant in 1989.
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In Arkansas, Lowe's opened a Hot Springs store and broke ground for a Jonesboro unit with work due to start on a Fayetteville location to replace a Springdale store a Richmond,Ya^,Inwek "mega-store" will open next $unmer or fall; an Alexandria, La., relocation site has been selected; a Savannah, Ga., relocation unit opened and plans for a Durhnm, N.C., storc were dropped ...
Stine Lumber Co. relooated its DeRidder, La., store to new 45,000 sq. ft. quarters with an Aug. 16 grand opening, Jay Stine remains mgr. ... Home Depot, which will build in Cary and Guilford (Greensboro), N.C., shopped for a Dallas, Tir., site and boughtproperty in Aflanta, Ga ...
Builders Warehous e acquired Heber Builders Supply, Heber Springs, Ar. ... Midwest Lumber Co. closed its Van Buren, Ar., unit, consolidating operations at Fort SmittL Ar.
Buzick Lumber, Bardstown, Ky., is now open Sundays
Bobbie Sue Chewning, wife of Leroy Chewning, owner of Ambrose Home Depot, Hopkinsville, Ky., opedfunbrosia, a8{den shop, in Hopkinsville ...
Scotty's, Bayonet Point" Fl., was evacuated when a brush fire came within 80 yards of the store
Hone Quarters Warehouse, Ger raantown, Tn, initiafed a wedding resistry ... Moore's Lumber & B;iWin:g Supplies received a 19913 Retailer of the Year award ... Home Depot was named Top Public Company of the Year by Business Atlattta magazine
Paty Co., Piney Flats, T[., and TCInras Grcup, Knoxville, Tn., are developing "The Paty Promise" advertising campaign ...
Home Quarters Warehouse, Mrginia Beact\ Va-, hired Amold Fortuna Lawner & Cabot td agency, Boston, Ma. ... locating McDonald's fast food outlets in Hone Depot stores is under considerafion...
Cotter & Co., Chicago, Il., has pos@oned moving the company's national headquarters Central Kentucky Supply, Lexington, Ky., auctioned equipment, materials and real estate Aug. 21
Annivslsar'i es:. Buildcr's Supply, Hopewell, V&, 90th ...
Wm. Cameron & Co., Dallas, Tx., acquired Wholesale BuiWing Materials, an AlbuquerEre, N.M., roofing wholesaler with $4 million in sales per year, and White Water Building Products, $12 million annual sales, in Cincinnati, Oh., and Indianapolis, In ...
Georgia- Pacfic acquired the Roxboro, N.C., Arrcwood manufacturing facility ftom Fhrcboad Technologies Corp. (see story p. 15) ... Pre-Cuts, North Carolina Div. of Alpine Engineercd Products, Inc., Laurinburg, N.C., was acquired by Universal Forest Prodncu Inc. ... Umphlett lttnber Co., Moncks Corner, S.C., is closing...
Timbe r Ttader s International has relocated to Rodanthe, N.C., ftom Glen Allen, Va- ... Snnewall Innber Co., Ashlan4 Va-, formerly an Ervac Inc. div., is now Stonewall Lumber and Remanufacturing, Harry Ferguson Jr., pres.; Jordan McGuire, Lee Ferguson, Daniel Fisher, Mark Cobb and Swanson Ferguson traders
Ge orgia- Pacrfc has permanently closed its Ellabell, Ga., sawmill McShan Lwber Co., McShan,
Al., will start up e new Eimmer with optimizet aN a new green lumber sort€r h Dec. md a secod optimize<l edger by May 1,1994, all partof a$3 millbnrygr&...
Clusrye&e Corp., Rtchmon( Va, bas agr€ed ln pdrfde b s€ll Universal Fotesc Prodtrcts, htc. substandally all assets of tb ftrmer Chesapeake Wood Treatirrg Co., including Frederlcksburg, Va., Elizabeth Clty, N.C., and Holly HlU, S.C., fed[des, terntnating a previous asset pucbase agreement with A. c. Dutton Corp. shareholdas
GAF Roofing Manulacturkg Corp. and G-I Hddings Inc. Eminated their egreement to trrchase Georgia-Prcifcb roofrng manufacruring buslrc ...
Makita Corp. of America, Bufor0 Ga-, addd a lfl),ffi sq. ft. building ... KingsInd Mncts Co., L subsidiary of Clotox Co., sold its grill bu$6 to Porebh Metals Corp., Louisville, Ky. ... Amana Refrigeratiot, Inc., wlll consolidate Eadng and air condtioning div. operatlons at lts Fayeseville, Tn, plant
Arms trong WorU Industrics recdved a Stcch awud frr qoetlence in advertislng sheet vinyl flooring ... Bruce Hardwood Floors, Dallas, TL, has locbd in all factory fini$d trodrct pies for the remainder of fu yer ...
Tenple-Inlod lrrc., Diboll" Tl., hul second quarter building prcducts etrnings of f22.7 million, up from $12.1 million last year ... Home Depot had a 32% rise tn second quarter eanriqs
National Nail Corp., Grand Rapids, Mi., opened a new lroduction facility in Macoq Ga. Internatiorul Har&wd Mucts Associuion moved to 4214 KIng St. W., Alexandria" Yt 223O2, tel$rone (703) &tC6696
Honshg sacrs declired 2J% ln July (latest figs.) to an annual adjusted rale of 1212,W... single family stdts slid 1.7%; muldfamily 9.5% p€rmits werc up 3Vo stafis increasdZSVo inthe South.
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Lumbermen's Assoclatlon of Texas - Sept. lGll, fall board & committee meetings, Worthington Hotel Fort Wortb, Tx.
Florlda Hardware Co. - Sept. ll-12, show, Orlando, Fl.
South Ststes Inc./llenderson Brlrd Herdvere Co - ScpL ll12, Sentry market, Bossier Civic Center, Bocsier City, [:"
Hoo-Hoo Intematlonel - SepL 12-15, international convention. Holiday Inn City Centse, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Bulld Russle '93 - Sept. 13-16, international expo, Radisson Slavjanskaya Hotel & Business Centcr, Mosow, Russia.
Vlrglnla BulHlng Meterlrl Assodrdon - ScpL 15, commercial vehicle safety worksbop, Holiday Ino Harnpton, Va
Archltectural Woodworl Insdtute - SepL lGlt' ennual Eceling, Adams Muk Hotel, SL [,ouis, Mo.
Florlde Lumber & Bulldlng Meterlel lhrlers AssochtlonSepL lGl8, annual convention & exhibition, Mrriocs World Center, Orlando, Fl.
Harrls-Tarkett - Sept. l7-lE, advanced hardwood flooring school, Johnson Cily, Tn.
Amarlllo Hardware Co. - Sept. 17-19, muket, Anarillo Civic Center. Amaritlo, Tx.
QuoJem - Sept. 19-22, intcmational hardware, tools & d-i-y show, Paris-Nord Exhibition Grourds, Paris, France.
Mld-Amerlce Lumbermens Assocbtlon - ScpL 19-24, Idabo and Wasbingon mill tour.
Southern ldeal Home Show - SepL 23'X, Raleigh, N.C.
Odell Hardware Co. - Sept. A-6, *nty market, Charlotte Convention Center. Charlotte. N.C.
Amerlcan Plywood Assodatlon - Scpt. 262& annual meeting, Westin [a Paloma Horcl, Tucson, Az
Kentudry Lumber & BulHlng Materlal Derlers AssodrdonSept. 25-30, Washington/Idabo mill tour.
North Amerlcan Wholesale Lumber Assocletlon - Scpt.26 OcL 2, wood mktg. seminar, University of Ga., Athens, Ga
Southeastern Lumber Manufactuners Assocbtlon - Scpc 2& 30, hardwood lumber grading sbortcouse, Hickory, N.C.
Amerfcan Wood Preservers lnsdtute - ScpL 29{rl- I, annual rneeting, Boca Raton Resort & Club, Boca Raon, Fl.
Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Assodetlon - SepL 29-M-2, fall conference, Benson Hotel, Portland, Or.
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Kltchen & Bath Bulldlng/Remodellng Conference & ShovOcL l-3, Sands Expo & Conventioo Center, Las Vega* Nv.
Lumbermen's Golf Assoclgtlon of Memphls - Oct 4, aonual tournament, Colonial Country Club, Memphis, Tn.
Gypsum Assodatlon - Oct. ttt, fall meeting, Tarpoo Springs, Fl.
North Amerlcan VYholesels Lrrmbep Assoclrtlon - fr" G7, sector meeting, Tbe Wynfrey Hotel, Birmintham, Al.
Kentucky Lumber & BulHlng Meterlel Ihehrs AssodrdonOct 7, Tri-State Golf Outing, Kentucky Dam Villagc Statc Resort Padq Kentucky L:ke, Ky.
Lumbemen's Club of Memphls - ()c't" 7, nominating committee meeting, Rrcqrrct Club, Memphis, Tn.
Southern ldeal Home Show - OcL 7-10, Charlone, N.C.
Mld-Amerlce Lumbermen's Assoclrtlon - OcL t-10, Eanatcment conference, Shangri-La Resort, Afton, Ok
Natlonal Butldlng Material Dlstributors Assn. - Oct. 9-12, annual convention. Anaheim Hilton & Towers. Anaheim. Ca.
Mld-America Lumbermens Associationts second annual Fall Fun Fling management conference, Oct. 8-10, ShangriLa Resort, Afton, Ok., will kick off with Rod Beason, Hardman Lumber Co., Osborne, Ks., discussing "Managing Accounts Receivable: Planning, Persistence, Prayer and Profanity;" Martin Hunt and Greg Walker, MCM Consultants, Inc., Moberly, Mo., "Taking Steps to Control Workers' Compensation Costs:" Jerry Poner. Good Earth Growers, Inc., Colbert Tx., 'The In's & Out's of the Green Plant Business," and Jerry Attridge, "Positioning Yourself for New Market Challenges."
In a two hour "suppliers only" seminar, Marc Goldberg, Marketech, Inc., will review a trade show plan of action, "It's More Than Just Showing Up."
John Tate, Berens & Tate PC, Omaha Ne., a former Wal-Mart advisor, will keynote Sunday's breakfast meeting,
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Lumberments Association of Texast fall board and committee meetings will be Sept. l0-l I at the Worthington Hotel, Fod Worth.
A presentation by TAMU Agriculture Extension Service and Texas Deparunent of Agriculture representatives will cover the North American Free Trade Agreement and how it can benefit association members.
Oklahoma Young Lumbermen chairman Doug Walker, Crescent Lumber, Inc., Crescent, has scheduled a steering committee meeting Oct. I in Oklahoma City.
Plans will be made for the OYL winter educational seminar'94.
Committee members include Mike Curtis, Britton Lumber & Supply, Okla-
homa City; John Henkle, Grand Country Homeworks, Grove; Don Kennedy, T. H. Rogers Lumber Co., Wewoka: Joe Hud, Pixley Lumber Co., Claremore; Phil Houck, Marlow l.umber Co., Marlow; Andy Cunningham, Tahlequah Lumber Co., Tahlequah; Gary Smith, Smith & Sons Building Center, Anadarko: Mike Pritchard, The Lumber Mart, Guymon; Chris Jennings, Oran Huston Lumber Co., Oklaboma City. and Bill Cbarp, MLA's Ok. regional manager.
Vlrglnla Bulldlng Meterlel Assoclatlon with the Virginia Trucking Association will conduct tbe last of a series of commercial vehicle safety compliance workshops Sept. 15 at the Holiday Inn, Hampton.
Instructors from U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Motor Carriers Officials ard Virginia Depatment of State Police Motor Carrier Team will cover basics and conduct a vehicle inspection demonstration.
l.oulsbna Bulldlng Meterbl Deders Assoclatlon unveiled a new logo at the Summer Conference July l5-18, Destin. Fl.
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More than $90 million worth of forklifts, tractors and other material handling equipment, for example, are insured by Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Cornpany.
Big capital investments like these require lots of pre-purchase research to find the right equipment at the right price, research that, up until now, hasn't been easy for most dealers to do.
Now, for the first time, lumber and building material dealers from throughout the United States will have the chance to shop and compare the latest in store and yard equipment, all at the same time and all under one roof.
THE MATERIAL HANDLING, STORAGE AND DELIVERY SHOW, February 13-15, '1.994 at the Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Texas, is a new "Show-Within-A-Show" at the Home Center Shows' BUILDING, REMODELING & DECOR PRODUCTS EXPO. It's a great oPPortunity to see the latest products for the operations side of your business while also seeing the newest offerings by leading vendors
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A focus on the basic products for building, remodeling and decor projects, and the dealers and distributors who sell them.
More emphasis on products for professional end-users in addition to those for do-it-yourselfers.
An aggressive effort to insure exciting assortments, new products and alternative sources of supply in power product categories
The World Of Wood Pavilion featuring association and showsponsored exhibits offering the latest in new developments, designs, applications and technologies for wood and wood-based products.
The Decor Trends & Concepts Pavilion featuring a special focus on new products, designs and store presentation concepts for home decor including lighting, wall coverings and more.
The Material Handling, Storage & Delivery "Show-Within-AShow" a first-ever opportunity to shop and compare equipment for the operations side of your business in one convenient location.
The Pavilion of the Americas, bringing together exhibitors from Mexico. Central America and South America. Plus, an exciting new Conference of the Americas educational program.
Graham Blshop has joined Atlanric Trading Co., Birmingbam, Al., in inside sales. New to outside sales are Lee Hall in Columbia, S.C., and Erlc Shlrkey, Charlose, N.C.
Don McKenna, v.p.-human resources, Home Depot, Atlanta, Ga., has retired. Paul Krlstlansen is the new mgr. in Casselberry, Fl.
Joe Partlngton is now asst. mgr. at Scotty's, Marathon Sbores, Fl.
Randy Roedl has been promoted b v.p.mktg. & sales at Woodfold-Marco Manufacturing, Inc., replacing Roger Pellow, who enters semi-retirement Sept. 1.
Steven J. Porter, former Payless Cashways v.p.-hardware, bas joined Cotler & Co. as exec. v.p. and c.o.o., replacing Paul Fee. Dave Feuerhelm has been promoted to urgr.-market (show) dept. His staff includes Randy Smlth, Lucy Stec and Rlch Butterworth.
Roger Nlcholson is now brancb mgr. of Diamond Hill Plywood Co., Richmond, Va.
Jlm Lavender has resigned as v.p.-merchandising for Wickes Lumber.
James P. Masterson, Sherwin-Williams Co., was elected pres. of the Home Imprcvement Research Institrrte. Brenda Bryan, Payless Casbways, is v.p.; Ted Tarsa, sec., and Tlm Mlller, Vermont American Tool Co., treas.
Jerry Olrlch, National Lumber & Building Material Dealen Association pes., was one of 13 small business owners invited to lunch at the White House.
M. Douglas lvester, Coca-Cola, was elected a director of Georgia-Pacific Corp., Atlant4 Ga., replacing retiring F. James McDonald. L,ouls W. Sulllvan fills a new seat on the board. Wes Jones has been promoted to gen. mgr. of G-P's Brunswick, Ga., pulp & paper operation.
Todd Johnson is now co-mgr. at 84 Lumber Co., Haymarket, Va.
Roy Edmlston, Boyle Lumber & Supply Co., Danville, Ky., is back from a bip to Japan.
Jerry Harke, former mgr. of public affairs for tbe American Wood heservers Institute. Vienna, Va., is now pres. of newly formed industry consulting firm Corporate Communications Counsel, Annandale. Va.
Danny A. L,€ss has been named corporate mktg. mgr. for Foxwortb-Galbraith Lumber Co.. Dallas. Tx.
Mlke Brooks is now southeastem region- al sales mgr. for VSI Fasteners, Atlanta. Ga.
Bonnle P. Ford, dhector-administration & budgets, New South Inc., Conway, S.C., rccently reoeived her MBA from the University of South Carolina. Larry Harrlngton has bcen p'romoted to Conway treating plant supervisor, and Marty Myers to remanufacturing/specialty products plant supervisor.
Steven L. Jalovec is now v.p.-sales & mktg. at Morgan Manufacurring.
Al Ryland, formerly of Georgia-Pacific, has joined Canton Lurnber Co., Minneapolis, Mn., as mgr. of special po- jects, assisting in Cantotr's new Greeneville, Tn., DC.
Roy Gentry has been narned sales mgr. of Tolleson Lumber Co.'s Preston, Ga., sawmill.
Melanle Thomas has joined Heritage Vinyl Products' parent corp. GSI, Macon, Ms., as mktg. director-Heritage lines.
Bobby Dlllon has been named chaimran and ceo of Ralph Wilson Plastics, Temple, Tx. BllI Reeb is now pres. and c.o.o. Leon Wieland is new as v.p.-mfg. for Wilsonart Decorative Laminate.
Cralg Llttle has joined Walker-Williams Lumber Co., [nc., Hatchechubbee, A1., as regional sales mgr. for their new Westville, In., neating plant.
Jill Pauza is now mktg. mgr.-CraftMaster Door Products at Masonite. Richard Schmldt is CraftMaster sales mgr.Latin America, and John Szczepanskl, CraftMaster mktg. mgr.-MCP (Europe).
Phll Cutts is new to Bruce Hardwood Floors, Dallas, Tx., as contracUcommercial sales mgr. Ron Dickerson is Southern Div. district sales mgr., overseeing W. Tn., Ar., Ms. and La.
Charlle Harnden, Alpine Engineered Products, Pompano Beach, Fl., and Mlke Bugbee, Simpson Strong-Tie Co., San Leandro, Ca., are on the Building Component Manufacturers Conference'93 committee.
Rob Martln has fomred The Ram Group, Inc., specializing in woodscrap-related machinery and material handling systems.
Rick Renshaw has been promoted to warehouse mgr./asst. sales mgr. at Westwood Forest Products, Browns Summit, N.C. Crystal Osborne is now credit mgr.
Garnett Douglass is new to Fischer Lime & Cement, Mempbis, Tn., as dealer sales mgr. for W. Tn. and N. Ms. Allen Martin is now production mgr. for Fischer Millwork, N. Little Rock, Ar.
Herbert A. Sklenar, chairman and ceo, Vulcan Materials Co., Birmingham, Al., has been elected to tbe board of Temple-Inland Inc., Diboll, Tx.
Ron Goode, Cole Lumber Co., Paducah, Ky., and Bruce Humphrey, Charlie Quinn Lumber, Sturgis, Ky., are representing the Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association on the Tri-State Golf Outing Committee.
Ben Wood, Sr., v.p./gen. mgr., Gibnan Building hoducts, St. Marys, Ga., celebrates his 20th anniversary with the co. this month.
Erlc Ekstrom, National Wood Window & Door Association, was elecled treas. & a director of the National Fenestration Rating Council. John Mumaw, Owens Corning, is sec.
Laddle F. Hutar, pres., Hutar Growth Management Institute, was elected to the board of directors of the Institute of Management Consultants.
John R. Erickson has retired after eight years as director of the USDA forest Service's Forest Products Laboratory. Kenneth Peterson will temporarily serve as acting director.
Tom Wood is now v,p.-sales & mktg. at American Woodmark, Winchester, Va. Willlam Curne, Willamette Industries, West Memphis, Ar., was named July Employee of the Month.
Denna Jo Brown, Lowe's, North Wilkesboro, N.C., married Bllly Ray Haynes Aug. 7, 1993. Cynthla Lee Shew wed Travls Toby Brown June 24. Jlll Stone Brown and Phllllp Ray Greer planaDec.4wedding.
Rodrlck Clark Boler II, Home Depot Marietta, Ga., married Kelly Marle Cavln July 24, L993. Other Home Depot weddings: Mlchael Curtls Reald and Rachel Lynne Hebert July l0; Joseph H. Sellers and Jennifer Kelll Fuller July 17, and Berbara HoIIy Nieman, Nashville, Tn., and James Bruce Worrel July 17.
Tom Seely, Southwest Region district mgr., Cedar Sbake & Sbingle Bureau, received the Building Officials Association of Texas' Prestigious Industry Award.
Benny Fltz is now in charge of additional compensation programs at MungusFungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.
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LandDesigner, a full-feaured computer-aided design software package for creating landscapes, gardens, walkways and sprinkler systens covering up to 170 acres, has been inru duced by Green Thumb Softwre.
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T-lne E-Z Border Garden and Landscape System, an ever-expandable system for d-i-yers to create raised bed gardens, pattem gardens and neat borders, is new from Packer Plastics. Components are made of recycled polyresins. Installation requires no nails, rebar stakes, railroad ties or landscape timben.
The new clear packaging and color coding system of Weiser Lock knobsets enable consumers to be confident they're purchasing an auractive, quality product that is appropriate for their particular needs.
Packaging features clear descriptions to help identify the type of product enclosed and are coded red for front and back doors: blue for bed and bath; green for hall and closet, and puple for WeiserBolt products.
Starter sets contain four stakes, eight brackets and four stake caps to create basic four-sided raised bed gardens. Single packs are also available to construc[ larger, more elaborate beds or borders.
Designed for an IBM or cmpatible PC, the system providas custom landscape and irrigation designs, automatic materials calculation and cost estimation, hiSh resolution printouts, and a graphical user interfre O aid computer novies. A cmplete set of drawing and drafting tools allows users to create circles, lines, reclimgles, curves, freeform objects, etc. Graphics re organized into forn libraries: trees and sbrubs, garden md ground cover, hardscape (benches, decks, erc.) and sprinkler parts. It includes nearly 300 plant and gardening symbols, and additional plant librarhs customized to particular regions of the country are availiable.
Sprinkler layouB are checked and even simuliated by sbowing which reas of the yard and garden are covered when Oe sprinkkrs re on. Tbe flow rates for each circuit are calculated and recommendations made for valves and piping.
The Sand-A-Way dustless hand sander has been introduced by Genie. The combination sanding block and vacuum acoessory is &signed for use on drywdl, wood and oth€r horizontal or vertical flat surfaces.
Users load Oe desired grade of sandpaper, then attach its flexible hose to any l-l/4'vacuum systsn for immediate removal of airborne dust during sanding.
Quick-Change accessories include a sanding block to pre-load different grades of sandpaper and switch between them in seconds, a sandsd€gn block for drywall sandscreen, and a vacuum pad to remove lingering dust from the sanded surface.
Now produced in 7/8" panels, Comply Sturd-I-Floor from Oregon Strand Board is engineered to provide extra strength and stiffness to the
surpasses traditional plywood underlayment in retaining dimensional stability and resisting indentations. Linear variation is reduced and thickness swell is virtually eliminated. Its higb gypsum content adds an extra element of fire protection to floor assemblies.
The underlayment has a smooth, durable surface that provides an excellent base for thin, resilient floor coverings, caryet, ceramic tile, quarry tile, vinyl tile, parquet and wood flooring. Panels come 3/8" thick and in 4x4 and 4x8 dimensions, with special sizes available on request.
L9132" panel, ideal where stiffness and durability are needed (such as exterior siding, planter boxes and garden shed siding), and an 11/32" thickness for interior applications (breezeways, attic walls and ceilings).
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Made from two layers of wood fiber sandwiched between three layers of Douglas fir veneer, it reportedly is a stiffer, stronger flooring than plywood, waferboard or oriented strand board. Manufactured under intense heat and pressure using exterior grade resin, it is moisture resistant, durable and guaranteed not to delaminate. Its panel strength is said to offer lower deflection and greater fastener holding performance, resulting in less panel movement and fewer squeaks.
FiberBond wallboard, sheathing and undedayment panels from Louisiana-Pacific are composed of gypsum and waste paper for added strength, nail holding ability and ease of installation.
The fiber-reinforced wallboard is said to perform better than conventional drywall, but has an environmental plus since it's made with recycled newspaper. It reportedly resists surface abrasion and impact damage, and provides excellent thermal and sound insulation and superior nail holding ability. It's ideal for ceilings, walls and partitions in residential and commercial buildings because panels are available up to 8 ft. wide and ?tl ft.long.
Sheathing features a special ueatment on the front and back that makes the panels exceptionally water resistant. It has no paper or fiberglass faces or backing, virtually eliminating the possibility of delamination. Equally strong in all directions, it reportedly is 3007o stronger in the parallel direction than standard gypsum sheathing, allowing for either vertical or horizontal installation without sacrificing wall strength between framing members.
When subjected to high moisture conditions, FiberBond underlayment
Plv-Bead decorative bead groove panefng and siding from Georlia-Pacific have been especially machined to provide a seam-free appearance.
The easy-to-handle 4'x8' sheets of unfinished southern yellow pine feature a scratch-sanded surface that accepts paint, opaque stains and custom colors.
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A self-selling "tool box" merchandiser housing the popular Short Cut Tool Box Finish Saw is now available fron Sanley Tools.
The flexible system uses deck modules in a variety of sizes and sbapes to help d-i-yers create a sophisticated custom deck plan, courplete with railings, stain and benches.
The kit contains a color idea booh detailed construction guide, blueprints and materials lists.
4,000 premium Jrcklin seeds, selected according o regional climate.
Ideal for countertop use, the merchandiser not only attracts attention with its four-color graphics, but also shows how the compact saw fits conveniently into a ool box. It holds ten 15-in., 12-pt saws.
A new Redwood Design-A-Deck Plans Kit from the California Redwood Association can be sold directly to consumers or used as an aid in dealers' deck design services or deck clinics.
Magic Sod Seeded Carpet from Enviro Enterprises is the new way to grow grass easily, economically, cleanly and successfully.
The product consists of a natural fiber carpet encasing premium grass seeds and water-absorbing, biodegradable crystals wbich speed growth. Each square foot contains at least
The carpet can be used !o create a new lawn of any size or to replace worn spots in existing grass. It cmes in convenient, dust-free, easy-to-use rolls of 45 or 100 sq. ft.
A new line of engineered studs made from shorter pieces of lumber bonded- together with finger joints saro to be at least uls strong as solid wood has been introduced by Louisiana-Pacific.
The line reportedly provides builders with a reliable suDDly of qualitv studs up to l0 ft. long iri 6cn Zi+ anlt 2x6 dimensions. Sinte they are made from dry, straight sections of lumber, they are said to have better dimensional stability than solid studs, eliminating twisting.
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Exclusively for flat glass applications, R-10 Maxi-Glas offers-maximum insulation against the hansfer of heat and col4 while acting as a buffer agairst -sound transmission and a protective barrier against the ultraviolet rays.
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A patented proaess is used to create a copolymer sub' strate that cuts and mounts like wmG but without the problems of warping, spliu.ing or cracking. The wod grain is printed on a s-pecial-overlay made of Oriental rice fiber paper. ' 'It comes in consistent lengths and six profiles: 7'casing and 8'base, crown, chair rail, outside corner and inside corner.
Home improvement product sales climbed 4.7Vo last year to $105.8 billion, according to revised Home Improvement Research Institute estimates. Consumer sales rose 5.4Vo to $73.1 billion, while sales to professionals rebounded from a steep decline in 1991 to reach $32.7 billion.
Home improvement product sales are expected to total $116.5 billion for 1993 and increase 6.57o annually over the next five years to reach $145.1 billion in 1997. The projections reflect the improved long-run outlook for interest rates, housing market activity and consumer spending.
Led by a rebound in lawn and garden and continued strength in lumber and building materials, consumer sales should grow by more than 87o annually in 1993 and 1994, oulpacing total retail sales growth. Growing an average 6.3Vo each year, tle consumer market is forecast at $99.3 billion bv 1997.
The recovery of the professional remodeler market that began in 1992 should accelerate in 1993 and 1994 due to lower interest rates stimulating housing market activity and associated fix-up work. Sales through professionals in 1993 ue projected to reach $37.4 billion and grow an averageT%o yearly to $45.8 billion in 1997.
The Lumbennen's Club of Memphis contributed to the recently completed "Trees" exhibit at Agricenter International by providing forest products such as flooring and fumiture. Members also serve on various advisory committees.
At a recent club luncheon, Agricenter International president Bill Walker shared some new developments underway or planned, including a proposed conference on total resource runagement.
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National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association members will meet in San Antonio, Tx., Ocr 27-31fot their 77th annual convention.
Ray Nunn, founder and chaimmn of the board SimmsMoore Lumber & Hardware, Frisco, Tx., will be installed as president. A past president and Lumbennan of the Year of the Lumbennen's Association of Texas, he will be honorcd by LAT at a reception.
Joel Barker, president" Infinity Limited, Inc., will discuss "The Power of Paradigms" during his keynote address
at the National Building Material Distributors Association's 42nd annual conventim and exhibit Oct. lG 12 at the Anaheim Hilton & Towers, Anaheim, Ca.
Expanded educational prognms are among the numerous changes in the meeting format. Speakers include Willian Blades, business grow0; Jay Rischkcn, growth, mergers & acquisitions; Mark Kelly, organizational stnrcture; Robert Legg, conservation & development sf nannal r€souroes; John McKay, reurrn on investmenq Jack Sbaw, electronic communication, and Jim White, employee education.
Exhibits will be open for a full day inst€ad of the previous two half days. Round table disorssions will goup pcticipans by the market they serve.
TJ International's Trus Joist MacMillan and Weyerhaeuser's Building Materials Distribution Business will work together to develop distribution of Trus Joist MacMillan's engineered wood products and expand Weyerhaeuser's role as a ven@r and oriented strand board supplier to Trus Joist MacMillan's runufacoring facilities.
Under tenns of the arrangement, Trus Joist lvlrcMillan will add A Weyabaeuser customer serrrice enters to tb 14 cunently disributing their engineered wood products.
Georgia-Pacific is working with MacMillan Bloedel Building Materials Canada to distribute building materials to Canadian dealen through MBBM's Z disuibution centers across Canada
"This distribution agreement with a n4ia U.S. building materials producer positions us to take advantage of the inevitable expansion of tnade activty between the two comtries," said Bernie McSherry, gen. mgr., MBBM Canada "Our customen will be able to access a resource-based manufacturing organization with excellent ma*eting and merchandising programs. Tbat's the main r€ason we chose Georgia-Pacific."
Products !o be distributed include tile backer, wood panels, plywood siding, subfloor/underlayment, plywood and prefi nished decorative paneling.
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Treated lumber has a new quality testing program for uniform standards in the marketplace. In the past, the American Wood Preservers Bureau (AWPB) and its agencies, together with the Southern Pine Inspection Bureau, were responsible for all independent inspections, This has been replaced by a single, uniform quality control effort under the American Lumber Standard Committee (AiSC) accreditation program. The AWPB "clover leaf" is no longer used to indicate accredited agencies. Inspection agencies accredited by ALSC will use a-quality mark containing the traditional treating information
and the identifying symbol, logo or name of the agency. rhe presence
of this quality mark indicates that the producer of the treated lumoer
subscri6es to rigorous quality control slandards. For more informa-
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Hoover Treated Wood Products announces that a NATIONAL EVALUATION REPORT (NER-457) has been issued by the National Evaluation Service of the Council of American Building Officials to confirm that PYRO-GUARD Fire Retardant Treated Lumber and Plywood meets requirements of the BOCA, UBC, and SBCCI model building codes.
PYRO-GUARD has a degradation-free track record, a So-year projected useful life, and is the FIBSI Fire Retardant Treated Wood with: a fhtrd Party Kiln tlonltorlng in addltlon to U.L. follow.up servlce
FRf labor and malerials replacemen] cos] warranty Code Compliance Report wlth evaluolion of elevated ]emperature strenglh testlng for roof applications
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- The Preferred Service O - is continuing to meet the challenges of the lumber industry by seeking qualified individuals to augment the TPo Team. Field representative positions are available in the Southeast (Ar., ta., Ms., Al. & Ga.), the Northwest (Or. & Wa.), the Great Lakes area and the Northeast. Candidates should have erperience in lumber grading and/ or lumber manufacturo, or possess a degree in wood technology. Confidential inquiries should be made to Lon Sibert or Ronnie Williams, at P.O. Box 919, Conyers, Ga. 30207, tel: (4M) 922-8000, or to Casey Dean, P.O. Box 2M55, Portland, At 97220, tel: (503) 254-0204.
As the third largest AISC recognized lumber agency, serving 300-400 mills throughout the USA, and as the largest ALSC approved treated wood agency, TP offers rewarding and variable opportunities for a professional career in service to the industry,
Twenty-five (25) words for $21. Each additional word 700. Phone number counts as one word. Address counts as six words. Headlines and centered copy ea. line; $6. Box numbers and special borders: $6 ea. Col. inch rate: $45 camera ready, $55 if we set the type. Names of advertisers using a box number cannot be released. Address replies to box number shown in ad in care of Building Products Digest, 4500 Campus Dr., Suite 480' Newport Beach, Ca. 92660. Make checks payable to Cutler Publishing, Inc. Mail copy to above address or call (714) 852-1990. Deadline for copy is the 20th ofthe month. PAYMENT MUST ACCOMPANY COPY unless you have established credit with us.
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CIIDINGS have fashion cycles, just like clolhes Eland furniurc. What's hot oe season can look tired and daterl the next. For example, dat brown reminds most people of the '60s while light, bright finishes appear oontemporry.
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when you custoners buy wesern red cedar siding, they can be on the fashion mark, regardless of whether they stick 1p 4 slqsqis white rh4r trmscends trendiness or go for tbe laEst combination of designer colors. Cedar not only takes a perfect finisb, it can easily be reftesbed and up&Ed with a new coat of paint or stain, explains Ken McClellanG Western Red Cedar Lunber Association exocutive directr.
Cedar's ability to take a fme fmish is a good s€Uing point for reail dealers, he adds. They can emphasize cedar as a long term investment in quality. With a new color scbeme, a house with cedar siding can look brand new, an important factor for resale value.
McClelland reminds @lets ceda siding is well positiooed fa repair md remodeling sales because it adqts to different architecural styles. Depending on the siding pattern and finish, cedr can fit inioa sophistietod ufian neighbchood or a rural or suburban landscape. lvlanufacured ftom a natural wood species, pitch free and noted for high perfdnance and long term durability, cedar offers many yean ofservice.
A new WRCLA reference guide should be useful for retailers selling cedar siding. Filled with both line drawings and colorful photos of homes finished with cedar siding, it <tramatizes the four mqior edar siding patterns - bevel, tongrc and grmve, channel and board-and-baren. S€parate sections cover each pattem including grading rules nomencliau[e, coverage tables, grade descriptions and a listing of cornmonly available sizes. Puterm are sbwn in close-up detail in cola pbotos as well as in a variety of aftractive 4plications. Line drawings illustrate profiles and connection details. Its 20 pages are
September 1993
packed with information.
"This is a user-friendly reference for retail dealers. They can show customers all the major WRCLA siding patterns and how they look in place," McClelland said. "The information is presented clearly and the photos are outstanding."
Specifying Cedar Siding is one of several new publica-
Ways retailers can increase cedar sales ... product Information & technlcal sup- port sources model homes and Southern magazines promote cedar use.
tions the l8-member WRCLA trade association is producing on specifying, selling, installing and finishing cedar products. "We're definitely filling a need for product information and technical supporL" McClelland told members at the 39th annual meeting July 17 at Bliaine, Wa.
A major component in the WRCLA program is its Super Cedar Service, an information hot line for retailers, specifiers and users to access technical support and product literature. More than 1,500 cedar retail dealers are using a dealer sales promotion kit containing an outdoor banner and other sales and advertising support materials. Dealers also will benefit from WRCLA plans to expand sponsorship of model homes in partnership with Country Living and Southern Living magazines in 1994. Model homes in Georgia and Alabama promoted cedar this year.
William Reeves Pearce. Pearce Lumber, Ruston, La., died luly 22, 1993, in Ruston. He was 71.
Born in Winnfield, La., he joined his father's business in 1945 and with his brother took over in 1953. He sold the business to his son, Jim, in 1986 and remained active part-time as assistant numger.
Southeast sector meeting of the North American Wholesale Lumber Association will be Oct. 6-7 at the Wynfrey Hotel, Birmingham, Al.
An update by president Bill Tufs and executive vice president Nick Kent will open the meeting, followed by Boise Cascade timber & wood sales and wholesale building producs distribution division representatives presenting a "Total Quality Management" seminar. Dr. Christopher S. Frings will discuss "Effective Time Management and Other Illusions" after a reception sponsored by the Southern Forest Products Association and dinner.
Planned for the second day are contact sessions, a Southern Pine Advisory Council meeting and luncheon with Roy W. Gilbert Jr., president and chief operating officer, SouthTrust Corp., speaking on "Get Ready for '94."
A Remodeling & Decorating Today episode starring southern pine siding premieres on The Nashville Network (TNN) Oct 16 and 17 with rebroadcast tentatively scheduled for Jan. 15 and 16.
While cameras rolled, more than 6,000 lineal feet of 6" SP siding was installed on a home being remodeled in Knoxville. Tn. Mark Trinka. SFPA regional market mgr., coordinated delivery of the pattern 119 siding, produced at Witt Building Material Co., Knoxville, from C&Btr. grade SP.
The 30-min. program also informs viewers how to reach SFPA for free copies of A Guide to Southern Pine Siding, Exterior Wood in the Soutlt and a list of Southern Pine Marketing Council members producing siding.
The Southem Forest Products Association meeting Oct. 18-21 at the Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio, Tx., will follow the theme "Best in the Business."
Robert L. Tillman, executive vice president, Lowe's Cos., Inc., North Wilkesboro, N.C., will be a luncheon speaker. Commicee and subcommittee meetings are scheduled.
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